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Commerce Control List

Supplement No. 1 to Part 774

CATEGORY 5
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
INFORMATION SECURITY
Part 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Control(s)

Notes:
1. The control status of components, test
and production equipment, and software
therefor which are specially designed for
telecommunications equipment or systems is
determined in Category 5, Part 1.
N.B.1.: For lasers specially designed for
telecommunications equipment or systems, see
ECCN 6A005.
N.B.2.: See also Category 5, Part 2 for
equipment, components, and software,
performing or incorporating information
security functions.
2. Digital computers, related equipment
or software, when essential for the operation
and support of telecommunications equipment
described in this Category, are regarded as
specially designed components, provided
they are the standard models customarily
supplied by the manufacturer. This includes
operation,
administration,
maintenance,
engineering or billing computer systems.

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Country Chart
(See Supp. No.
1 to part 738).
to NS Column 1
f.3

NS
applies
5A001.a, .e, .b.5,
and .h.
NS applies to 5A001.b NS Column 2
(except .b.5), .c, .d,
.f
(except f.3), and .g.
SL applies to 5A001.f.1
A
license
is
required for all
destinations,
as
specified
in
742.13 of the
EAR. Accordingly,
a column specific
to this control does
not appear on the
Commerce Country
Chart (Supplement
No. 1 to Part 738 of
the EAR).

A. END ITEMS, EQUIPMENT,


ACCESSORIES, ATTACHMENTS,
PARTS, COMPONENTS, AND
SYSTEMS

5A001
Telecommunications
systems,
equipment, components and accessories,
as follows (see List of Items Controlled).

AT applies to entire entry

Note
to
SL
paragraph:
This
licensing
requirement does
not supersede, nor
does it implement,
construe or limit
the scope of any
criminal
statute,
including, but not
limited
to
the
Omnibus
Safe
Streets Act of 1968,
as amended.
AT Column 1

Reporting Requirements
License Requirements
Reason for Control: NS, SL, AT

Export Administration Regulations

See 743.1 of the EAR for reporting


requirements for exports under License

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authorizations.

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End-User

pulse effects, both arising from a nuclear


explosion;

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)

a.2.
Specially hardened to withstand
gamma, neutron or ion radiation; or

LVS:

GBS:
CIV:

Validated

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N/A for 5A001.a, b.5, .e, f.3 and .h;


$5000
for
5A001.b.1, .b.2, .b.3, .b.6, .d, f.2,
f.4, and .g;
$3000 for 5A001.c.
Yes, except 5A001.a, b.5, e, and h.
Yes, except 5A001.a, b.3, b.5, e, and
h.

Special Conditions for STA


STA: License Exception STA may not be
used to ship any commodity in
5A001.b.3, .b.5 or .h to any of the
destinations listed in Country Group A:6
(See Supplement No.1 to part 740 of the
EAR).

a.3. Specially designed to operate outside


the temperature range from 218 K (-55C) to
397 K (124C).
Note: 5A001.a.3 applies only to electronic
equipment.

b. Telecommunication systems and equipment,


and specially designed components and
accessories therefor, having any of the
following characteristics, functions or features:
b.1
Being underwater untethered
communications systems having any of the
following:
b.1.a. An acoustic carrier frequency
outside the range from 20 kHz to 60 kHz;

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: (1) See USML Category
XI for controls on direction-finding
equipment including types of equipment
in ECCN 5A001.e and any other military or
intelligence electronic equipment that is
subject to the ITAR. (2) See USML
Category XI(a)(4)(iii) for controls on
electronic attack and jamming equipment
defined in 5A001.f and .h that are subject to
the ITAR. (3) See also ECCNs 5A101,
5A980, and 5A991.

b.1.b. Using an electromagnetic carrier


frequency below 30 kHz; or
b.1.c. Using electronic beam steering
techniques; or
b.1.d. Using lasers or light-emitting
diodes (LEDs), with an output wavelength
greater than 400 nm and less than 700 nm, in a
local area network;
b.2. Being radio equipment operating in the
1.5 MHz to 87.5 MHz band and having all of the
following:

Related Definitions: N/A


Items:
a. Any type of telecommunications equipment
having any of the following characteristics,
functions or features:

b.2.a.. Automatically predicting and


selecting frequencies and total digital transfer
rates per channel to optimize the transmission;
and

a.1. Specially designed to withstand


transitory electronic effects or electromagnetic
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A fractional bandwidth of

b.2.b. Incorporating a linear power


amplifier configuration having a capability to
support multiple signals simultaneously at an
output power of 1 kW or more in the frequency
range of 1.5 MHz or more but less than 30 MHz,
or 250 W or more in the frequency range of 30
MHz or more but not exceeding 87.5 MHz, over
an instantaneous bandwidth of one octave or
more and with an output harmonic and distortion
content of better than -80 dB;

b.4.b.
20% or more;

b.3. Being radio equipment employing


spread spectrum
techniques, including
frequency hopping techniques, not controlled
in 5A001.b.4 and having any of the following :

b.5.c. Automatic searching or scanning


of a part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and

b.3.a. User programmable spreading


codes; or
b.3.b. A total transmitted bandwidth
which is 100 or more times the bandwidth of any
one information channel and in excess of 50
kHz;

b.5.
Being digitally controlled radio
receivers having all of the following:
b.5.a. More than 1,000 channels;
b.5.b. A channel switching time of
less than 1 ms;

b.5.d. Identification of the received


signals or the type of transmitter; or
Note: 5A001.b.5 does not control radio
equipment specially designed for use with
civil cellular radio-communications systems.

radio-communications

Technical Note: Channel switching time: the


time (i.e., delay) to change from one receiving
frequency to another, to arrive at or within
0.05% of the final specified receiving
frequency. Items having a specified frequency
range of less than 0.05% around their centre
frequency are defined to be incapable of channel
frequency switching.

b. Fixed or mobile satellite Earth stations


for commercial civil telecommunications.

b.6. Employing functions of digital signal


processing to provide 'voice coding' output at
rates of less than 2,400 bit/s.

Note: 5A001.b.3.b does not control radio


equipment specially designed for use with any
of the following:
a. Civil
systems; or

cellular

Note:
5A001.b.3 does not control
equipment operating at an output power of 1 W
or less.
b.4 Being radio equipment employing ultrawideband modulation techniques, having user
programmable channelizing codes, scrambling
codes, or network identification codes and
having any of the following:
b.4.a.
MHz; or

A bandwidth exceeding 500

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Technical Notes:
1.
For variable rate 'voice coding',
5A001.b.6 applies to the 'voice coding' output of
continuous speech.
2. For the purpose of 5A001.b.6, voice
coding is defined as the technique to take
samples of human voice and then convert these
samples of human voice into a digital signal
taking into account specific characteristics of
human speech.

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c. Optical fibers of more than 500 m in length


and specified by the manufacturer as being
capable of withstanding a proof test tensile
stress of 2 x 109 N/m2 or more;
N.B.: For underwater umbilical cables, see
8A002.a.3.
Technical Note: Proof Test: on-line or offline production screen testing that dynamically
applies a prescribed tensile stress over a 0.5 to 3
m length of fiber at a running rate of 2 to 5 m/s
while passing between capstans approximately
150 mm in diameter. The ambient temperature
is a nominal 293 K (20C) and relative humidity
40%. Equivalent national standards may be
used for executing the proof test.
d.
Electronically steerable phased array
antennas operating above 31.8 GHz;
Note:
5A001.d does not control
electronically
steerable
phased
array
antennas for landing systems with instruments
meeting ICAO standards covering Microwave
Landing Systems (MLS).
e. Radio direction finding equipment operating
at frequencies above 30 MHz and having all of
the following, and specially designed
components therefor:
e.1. Instantaneous bandwidth of 10 MHz
or more; and
e.2. Capable of finding a Line Of Bearing
(LOB) to non-cooperating radio transmitters
with a signal duration of less than 1 ms;
f. Mobile telecommunications interception or
jamming equipment, and monitoring equipment
therefor, as follows, and specially designed
components therefor:
f.1. Interception equipment designed for the
extraction of voice or data, transmitted over the
air interface;
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f.2. Interception equipment not specified in


5A001.f.1, designed for the extraction of client
device or subscriber identifiers (e.g., IMSI,
TIMSI or IMEI), signaling, or other metadata
transmitted over the air interface;
f.3.
Jamming
equipment
specially
designed or modified to intentionally and
selectively interfere with, deny, inhibit, degrade
or seduce mobile telecommunication services
and performing any of the following:
f.3.a. Simulate the functions of Radio
Access Network (RAN) equipment;
f.3.b. Detect and exploit specific
characteristics of the mobile telecommunications
protocol employed (e.g., GSM); or
f.3.c. Exploit specific characteristics of
the mobile telecommunications protocol
employed (e.g., GSM);
f.4. Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring
equipment designed or modified to identify the
operation of items specified in 5A001.f.1,
5A001.f.2 or 5A001.f.3.
Note: 5A001.f.1 and 5A001.f.2 do not
apply to any of the following:
a. Equipment specially designed for
the interception of analog Private Mobile Radio
(PMR), IEEE 802.11 WLAN;
b. Equipment designed for mobile
telecommunications network operators; or
c. Equipment designed for the
development or production of mobile
telecommunications equipment or systems.
N.B. 1: See also the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120130). For items specified by 5A001.f.1
(including as previously specified by 5A001.i),

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see also5A980 and the U.S. Munitions List (22


CFR part 121).
N.B. 2: For radio receivers see 5A001.b.5.
g. Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems or
equipment, specially designed for detecting
and tracking moving objects by measuring
reflections of ambient radio frequency
emissions, supplied by non-radar transmitters.

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5A101
Telemetering
and
telecontrol
equipment, including ground equipment,
designed or modified for unmanned aerial
vehicles or rocket systems (including ballistic
missile systems, space launch vehicles,
sounding rockets, cruise missile systems,
target drones, and reconnaissance drones)
capable of a maximum range equal to or
greater than 300 km.
License Requirements

Technical Note: Non-radar transmitters


may include commercial radio, television or
cellular telecommunications base stations.

Reason for Control: MT, AT


Control(s)

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Note: 5A001.g. does not control:


(See
Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

a. Radio-astronomical equipment; or
b. Systems or equipment, that require any
radio transmission from the target.
h. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
equipment and related equipment, as follows:
h.1. Radio Frequency (RF) transmitting
equipment, not specified by 5A001.f, designed
or modified for prematurely activating or
preventing the initiation of Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDs);

MT applies to entire entry

MT Column 1

AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
LVS:
GBS:
CIV:

N/A
N/A
N/A

h.2. Equipment using techniques designed to


enable radio communications in the same
frequency channels on which co-located
equipment specified by 5A001.h.1 is
transmitting.

List of Items Controlled

N.B.:
See also Category XI of the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120-130).

The list of items controlled is contained in the


ECCN heading.

Related Controls: N/A


Related Definitions: N/A
Items:

NOTE: 5A101 does not control:


i.

[RESERVED]

N.B.: See 5A001.f.1 for items previously


specified by 5A001.i.

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1.
Telecontrol equipment specially
designed to be used for remote control of
recreational model planes, boats or vehicles and
having an electric field strength of not more

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than 200 microvolts per meter at a distance of


500 meters;
2. Equipment designed or modified for
manned aircraft or satellites;
3. Ground based equipment designed or
modified for terrestrial or marine applications;
4. Equipment designed for commercial,
civil, or safety of life (e.g., data integrity or
flight safety) Global Navigation Satellite System
services.
NOTE: ECCN 5A101 does not include
items not designed or modified for unmanned
aerial vehicles or rocket systems (including
ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles,
sounding rockets, cruise missile systems, target
drones, and reconnaissance drones) capable of
a maximum range equal to or greater than
300km (e.g., telemetry circuit cards limited by
design to reception only and designed for use in
personal computers).

5A611 Telecommunications equipment, and


parts, components, accessories, and
attachments specially designed therefor,
specially designed for
a military
application that are not enumerated in any
USML category are controlled by ECCN
3A611.

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column specific to this control does not appear


on the Commerce Country Chart (Supplement
No. 1 to Part 738 of the EAR).
Note: This licensing requirement does not
supersede, nor does it implement, construe or
limit the scope of any criminal statute, including,
but not limited to the Omnibus Safe Streets Act
of 1968, as amended.
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740
for a description of all license exceptions)
LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: (1) See ECCN 5A001.f.1
for systems or equipment, specially
designed or modified to intercept and
process the air interface of 'mobile
telecommunications',
and
specially
designed components therefor. (2) See
ECCN 5D980 for software for the
development, production or use of
equipment controlled by 5A980. (3) See
ECCN 5E980 for the technology for the
development, production, and use of
equipment controlled by 5A980.
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
The list of items controlled is contained in the
ECCN heading.

5A980 Devices primarily useful for the


surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or
electronic communications, other than those
controlled under 5A001.f.1; and parts,
components and accessories therefor.

5A991 Telecommunication equipment, not


controlled by 5A001 (see List of Items
Controlled).

License Requirements

License Requirements

Reason for Control: SL, AT

Reason for Control: AT

Control(s): SL and AT apply to entire entry.


A license is required for all destinations, as
specified in 742.13 of the EAR. Accordingly, a
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Control(s)

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AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
LVS:
GBS:
CIV:

N/A
N/A
N/A

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: See also 5E101 and
5E991.
Related Definitions: 1) Asynchronous
transfer mode (ATM) is a transfer mode in
which the information is organized into
cells; it is asynchronous in the sense that the
recurrence of cells depends on the required
or instantaneous bit rate. 2) Bandwidth of
one voice channel is data communication
equipment designed to operate in one voice
channel of 3,100 Hz, as defined in CCITT
Recommendation
G.151.
3)
Communications channel controller is the
physical interface that controls the flow of
synchronous or asynchronous digital
information. It is an assembly that can be
integrated
into
computer
or
telecommunications equipment to provide
communications access. 4) Datagram is a
self-contained, independent entity of data
carrying sufficient information to be routed
from the source to the destination data
terminal equipment without reliance on
earlier exchanges between this source and
destination data terminal equipment and the
transporting network. 5) Fast select is a
facility applicable to virtual calls that allows
data terminal equipment to expand the
possibility to transmit data in call set-up and
clearing packets beyond the basic
capabilities of a virtual call. 6) Gateway is
the function, realized by any combination of
equipment and software, to carry out the
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conversion of conventions for representing,


processing or communicating information
used on one system into the corresponding,
but different conventions used in another
system. 7) Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN) is a unified end-to-end
digital network, in which data originating
from all types of communication (e.g.,
voice, text, data, still and moving pictures)
are transmitted from one port (terminal) in
the exchange (switch) over one access line
to and from the subscriber. 8) Packet is a
group of binary digits including data and
call control signals that is switched as a
composite whole. The data, call control
signals, and possible error control
information are arranged in a specified
format.
Items:
a. Any type of telecommunications equipment,
not controlled by 5A001.a, specially designed
to operate outside the temperature range from
219 K (-54 C) to 397 K (124 C).
b. Telecommunication transmission equipment
and systems, and specially designed parts,
components and accessories therefor,
having any of the following characteristics,
functions or features:
Note:
equipment:

Telecommunication transmission

a. Categorized as follows, or combinations


thereof:
1. Radio equipment (e.g., transmitters,
receivers and transceivers);
2. Line terminating equipment;
3. Intermediate amplifier equipment;
4. Repeater equipment;
5. Regenerator equipment;

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6. Translation encoders (transcoders);


7.
Multiplex equipment (statistical
mutiplex included);

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b.3. Being stored program controlled


digital cross connect equipment with digital
transfer rate exceeding 8.5 Mbit/s per port.
b.4. Being equipment containing any of the
following:

8. Modulators/demodulators (modems);
9.
Transmultiplex equipment (see
CCITT Rec. G701);
10.
Stored program controlled
digital crossconnection equipment;
11. Gateways and bridges;
12. Media access units; and
b. Designed for use in single or multichannel communication via any of the following:

b.4.a. Network access controllers and


their related common medium having a digital
transfer rate exceeding 33 Mbit/s; or
b.4.b.
Communication
channel
controllers with a digital output having a data
signaling rate exceeding 64,000 bit/s per
channel;
Note:
If any uncontrolled equipment
contains a network access controller, it
cannot have anytype of telecommunications
interface, except those described in, but not
controlled by 5A991.b.4.

1. Wire (line);
b.5. Employing a laser and having any of
the following characteristics:

2. Coaxial cable;
3. Optical fiber cable;

b.5.a.
A transmission wavelength
exceeding 1,000 nm; or

4. Electromagnetic radiation; or
5.
Underwater
propagation.

acoustic

wave

b.1.
Employing digital techniques,
including digital processing of analog signals,
and designed to operate at a digital transfer
rate at the highest multiplex level exceeding 45
Mbit/s or a total digital transfer rate exceeding
90 Mbit/s;
Note:
5A991.b.1 does not control
equipment specially designed to be integrated
and operated in any satellite system for civil use.
b.2. Modems using the bandwidth of one
voice channel with a data signaling rate
exceeding 9,600 bits per second;

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b.5.b. Employing analog techniques and


having a bandwidth exceeding 45 MHz;
Note:
5A991.b.5.b does not control
commercial TV systems.
b.5.c.
Employing coherent optical
transmission or coherent optical detection
techniques (also called optical heterodyne or
homodyne techniques);
b.5.d. Employing wavelength division
multiplexing techniques; or
b.5.e.
amplification;

Performing

optical

b.6. Radio equipment operating at input or


output frequencies exceeding:

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b.6.a. 31 GHz for satellite-earth station


applications; or
b.6.b. 26.5 GHz for other applications;
Note: 5A991.b.6. does not control
equipment for civil use when conforming with an
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
allocated band between 26.5 GHz and 31 GHz.
b.7. Being radio equipment employing any
of the following:
b.7.a.
Quadrature-amplitudemodulation (QAM) techniques above level 4 if
the total digital transfer rate exceeds 8.5
Mbit/s;
b.7.b. QAM techniques above level 16
if the total digital transfer rate is equal to or
less than 8.5 Mbit/s;

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a.2. With a total digital transfer


rate not exceeding 8.5 Mbit/s; and
b. Having a spectral efficiency not
exceeding 4 bit/s/Hz.
c.
Stored program controlled switching
equipment and related signaling systems, having
any of the following characteristics, functions or
features, and specially designed parts,
components and accessories therefor:
Note: Statistical multiplexers with digital
input and digital output which provide switching
are treated as stored program controlled
switches.
c.1. Data (message) switching equipment
or systems designed for packet-mode
operation and parts, electronic assemblies
and components therefor, n.e.s.
c.2. [RESERVED];

b.7.c.
Other digital modulation
techniques and having a spectral efficiency
exceeding 3 bit/s/Hz; or
b.7.d. Operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5
MHz band and incorporating adaptive
techniques providing more than 15 dB
suppression of an interfering signal.
Notes:
1. 5A991.b.7 does not control equipment
specially designed to be integrated and
operated in any satellite system for civil use.
2. 5A991.b.7 does not control radio relay
equipment for operation in an ITU allocated
band:
a. Having any of the following:

c.3. Routing or switching of datagram


packets;
c.4. [RESERVED]
Note: The restrictions in 5A991.c.3 do not
apply to networks restricted to using only
network access controllers or to network
access controllers themselves.
c.5. Multi-level priority and pre-emption for
circuit switching;
Note: 5A991.c.5 does not control singlelevel call preemption.
c.6. Designed for automatic hand-off of
cellular radio calls to other cellular switches or
automatic connection to a centralized subscriber
data base common to more than one switch;

a.1. Not exceeding 960 MHz; or

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c.7. Containing stored program controlled


digital cross connect equipment with digital
transfer rate exceeding 8.5 Mbit/s per port.
c.8. Common channel signaling operating
in either non-associated or quasi-associated
mode of operation;
c.9. Dynamic adaptive routing;
c.10.
Being packet switches, circuit
switches and routers with ports or lines
exceeding any of the following:
c.10.a. A data signaling rate of
64,000 bit/s per channel for a communications
channel controller; or
Note: 5A991.c.10.a does not control
multiplex composite links composed only of
communication channels not individually
controlled by 5A991.b.1.
c.10.b. A digital transfer rate of 33
Mbit/s for a network access controller and
related common media;
Note: 5A991.c.10 does not control packet
switches or routers with ports or lines not
exceeding the limits in 5A991.c.10.
c.11. Optical switching;
c.12. Employing Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM) techniques.

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decisions, and thereby performing dynamic


adaptive routing;
Note: 5A991.e does not preclude control of
traffic as a function of predictable statistical
traffic conditions.
f. Phased array antennas, operating above 10.5
GHz, containing active elements and distributed
parts or components, and designed to permit
electronic control of beam shaping and pointing,
except for landing systems with instruments
meeting
International
Civil
Aviation
Organization (ICAO) standards (microwave
landing systems (MLS)).
g. Mobile communications equipment, n.e.s.,
and parts, electronic assemblies and
components therefor; or
h. Radio relay communications equipment
designed for use at frequencies equal to or
exceeding 19.7 GHz and parts and
components therefor, n.e.s.

B. TEST, INSPECTION AND


PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

5B001 Telecommunication test, inspection


and production equipment, components
and accessories, as follows (See List of
Items Controlled).
License Requirements

d. Optical fibers and optical fiber cables of


more than 50 m in length designed for single
mode operation;

Reason for Control: NS, AT


Control(s)

e. Centralized network control having all of the


following characteristics:

(See
Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

e.1. Receives data from the nodes; and


e.2. Process these data in order to provide
control of traffic not requiring operator
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any of the following telecommunication


transmission or switching equipment:

Reporting Requirements
b.1. [RESERVED]
See 743.1 of the EAR for reporting
requirements for exports under License
Exceptions, and Validated End-User
authorizations.
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740
for a description of all license exceptions)
LVS:
GBS:
CIV:

$5000
Yes
Yes

b.2. Equipment employing a laser and


having any of the following:
b.2.a. A transmission
exceeding 1750 nm;

wavelength

b.2.b.
Performing
optical
amplification using Praseodymium-Doped
Fluoride Fiber Amplifiers (PDFFA);
b.2.c. Employing coherent optical
transmission or coherent optical detection
techniques; or

Special Conditions for STA


STA: License Exception STA may not be
used to ship 5B001.a equipment and
specially designed components or
accessories therefor, specially designed
for the development or production of
equipment, functions or features specified
by in ECCN 5A001.b.3, .b.5 or .h to any of
the destinations listed in Country Group A:6
(See Supplement No.1 to part 740 of the
EAR).

Note: 5B001.b.2.c
applies
to
equipment specially designed for the
development of systems using an optical local
oscillator in the receiving side to synchronize
with a carrier laser.
Technical Note: For the purpose of
5B001.b.2.c, these techniques include optical
heterodyne, homodyne or intradyne techniques.
b.2.d. Employing analog techniques and
having a bandwidth exceeding 2.5 GHz; or

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: See also 5B991.
Related Definition: N/A
Items:

Note: 5B001.b.2.d. does not include


equipment specially designed for the
development of commercial TV systems.

a. Equipment and specially designed


components or accessories therefor,
specially designed for the development or
production of equipment, functions or
features, controlled by 5A001;

b.3. [RESERVED]
b.4.
Radio
equipment
Quadrature-Amplitude-Modulation
techniques above level 256.

employing
(QAM)

Note: 5B001.a does not apply to optical


fiber characterization equipment.
b. Equipment and specially designed
components or accessories therefor,
specially designed for the development of
Export Administration Regulations

5B991 Telecommunications test equipment,


n.e.s.
License Requirements

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Reason for Control: AT


Control(s)

Category 5 - Telecommunicationspage 12

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
Country Chart
(See
Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A
List of Items Controlled

AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
LVS:
GBS:
CIV:

N/A
N/A
N/A

Related Controls: N/A


Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
The list of items controlled is contained in the
ECCN heading.
D. SOFTWARE

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: N/A
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:

5D001 Software as follows (see List of


Items Controlled).

The list of items controlled is contained in the


ECCN heading.

License Requirements
Reason for Control: NS, SL, AT

C. MATERIALS

Control(s)
5C991 Preforms of glass or of any other
material optimized for the manufacture of
optical fibers controlled by 5A991.
License Requirements
Reason for Control: AT
Control(s)

Country Chart
(See
Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

AT applies to entire entry


Export Administration Regulations

Country chart
(See Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

NS applies to entire
entry
SL applies to the
entire entry as
applicable for
equipment, functions,
features, or
characteristics
controlled by
5A001.f.1

AT Column 1
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NS Column 1.
A license is required
for all destinations, as
specified in 742.13
of the EAR.
Accordingly, a
column specific to
this control does not
appear on the
Commerce Country
Chart (Supplement
No. 1 to Part 738 of
the EAR).
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or .h; and for 5D001.b. for software


specially designed or modified to support
technology specified by the STA
paragraph in the License Exception section
of ECCN 5E001 to any of the destinations
listed in Country Group A:6 (See
Supplement No.1 to part 740 of the EAR).

Note to SL
paragraph: This
licensing requirement
does not supersede,
nor does it
implement, construe
or limit the scope of
any criminal statute,
including, but not
limited to the
Omnibus Safe Streets
Act of 1968, as
amended.

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: See also 5D980 and
5D991.
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:

Reporting Requirements
See 743.1 of the EAR for reporting
requirements for exports under License
Exceptions, and Validated End-User
authorizations.
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740
for a description of all license exceptions)
CIV: Yes, except for software controlled
by
5D001.a
and
specially
designed for the development or
production of items controlled by
5A001.b.5 and 5A001.h.
TSR: Yes, except for exports and
reexports to destinations outside of
those countries listed in Country
Group A:5 (See Supplement No. 1
to part 740 of the EAR) of
software controlled by 5D001.a
and specially designed for items
controlled by 5A001.b.5 and
5A001.h.

a. Software specially designed or modified


for the development, production or use of
equipment, functions or features controlled by
5A001;
b. [Reserved]
c. Specific software specially designed or
modified to provide characteristics, functions or
features of equipment, controlled by 5A001 or
5B001;
d. Software specially designed or modified
for the development of any of the following
telecommunication transmission or switching
equipment:
d.1.[RESERVED]
d.2. Equipment employing a laser and
having any of the following:
d.2.a. A transmission
exceeding 1,750 nm; or

wavelength

d.2.b. Employing analog techniques and


having a bandwidth exceeding 2.5 GHz; or

Special Conditions for STA


STA: License Exception STA may not be
used to ship or transmit 5D001.a software
specially designed for the development
or production of equipment, functions or
features, specified by ECCN 5A001.b.3, .b.5
Export Administration Regulations

Category 5 - Telecommunicationspage 13

Note: 5D001.d.2.b does not control


software specially designed or modified for
the development of commercial TV systems.

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Category 5 - Telecommunicationspage 14

technology controlled by 5E001.a), as


follows (see List of Items Controlled).

d.3. [RESERVED]
d.4.
Radio
equipment
Quadrature-Amplitude-Modulation
techniques above level 256.

employing
(QAM)

License Requirements
Reason for Control: SL, AT

5D101 Software specially designed or


modified for the use of equipment
controlled by 5A101.
License Requirements

Controls: SL and AT apply to entire entry.


A license is required for all destinations, as
specified in 742.13 of the EAR. Accordingly, a
column specific to this control does not appear
on the Commerce Country Chart (Supplement
No. 1 to Part 738 of the EAR).

Reason for Control: MT, AT


Control(s)

Country Chart
(See
Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

Note: This licensing requirement does not


supersede, nor does it implement, construe or
limit the scope of any criminal statute, including,
but not limited to the Omnibus Safe Streets Act
of 1968, as amended.
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740
for a description of all license exceptions)

MT applies to entire entry

MT Column 1

AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
CIV:
TSR:

N/A
N/A

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: N/A
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
The list of items controlled is contained in the
ECCN heading.
5D980 Other software, other than that
controlled by 5D001 (for the equipment,
functions,
features,
or
characteristics
controlled by 5A001. f.1, or to support certain

Export Administration Regulations

CIV: N/A
TSR: N/A
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: See also 5D001.a and .c
for software controls for equipment,
functions,
features or characteristics
controlled by 5A001.f.1 and also 5D001.b
for controls on software specially
designed or modified to support
technology controlled by 5E001.a (for
5A001.f.1 equipment, functions or features,
and for 5D001.a software for 5A001.f.1
equipment). See 5E980 for technology
for the development, production, and
use of equipment controlled by 5A980 or
software controlled by 5D980.
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
a. Software primarily useful for the
surreptitious interception of wire, oral, and
electronic communications.

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b. Software primarily useful for the


development, production, or use of
equipment controlled by 5A980.

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5E001 Technology as follows (see List of


Items Controlled).
License Requirements

5D991 Software specially designed or


modified
for
the
development,
production or use of equipment
controlled by 5A991 and 5B991, and dynamic
adaptive routing software as described as
follows (see List of Items Controlled).
License Requirements
Reason for Control: AT
Control(s)

Country Chart
(See
Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
CIV:
TSR:

Reason for Control: NS, SL, AT

Control(s)

Country chart
(See Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

NS applies to entire
entry

NS Column 1.

SL applies to
technology for the
development or
production of
equipment, functions or
features controlled by
5A001.f.1, or for the
development or
production of
software controlled by
ECCN 5D001.a (for
5A001.f.1)

A license is required
for all destinations, as
specified in 742.13 of
the EAR. Accordingly,
a column specific to
this control does not
appear on the
Commerce Country
Chart (Supplement No.
1 to Part 738 of the
EAR).
Note to SL paragraph:
This licensing
requirement does not
supersede, nor does it
implement, construe or
limit the scope of any
criminal statute,
including, but not
limited to the Omnibus
Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended.

N/A
N/A

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: N/A
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
a. Software, other than in machine-executable
form, specially designed for dynamic
adaptive routing.

AT applies to entire
entry

AT Column 1.

b. [RESERVED]
E. TECHNOLOGY

Reporting Requirements
See 743.1 of the EAR for reporting
requirements for exports under License

Export Administration Regulations

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Exceptions, and
authorizations.

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Validated

End-User

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
CIV: N/A
TSR: Yes, except for exports or reexports to
destinations outside of those countries
listed in Country Group A:5 (See
Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the
EAR) of technology controlled by
5E001.a for the development or
production of the following:
1) Items controlled by 5A001.b.5 or
5A001.h; or
2)Software controlled by 5D001.a that
is specially designed for the
development or production of
equipment,
functions
or
features
controlled by 5A001.b.5 or 5A001.h.

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Related Definitions: N/A


Items:
a. Technology according to the General
Technology Note for the development,
production or use (excluding operation) of
equipment, functions or features, controlled by
5A001 or software controlled by 5D001.a..
b. Specific technology, as follows:
b.1. Required technology for the
development
or
production
of
telecommunications
equipment
specially
designed to be used on board satellites;
b.2. Technology for the development or
use of laser communication techniques with
the capability of automatically acquiring and
tracking
signals
and
maintaining
communications through exoatmosphere or subsurface (water) media;

Special Conditions for STA


STA: License Exception STA may not be
used to ship or transmit technology
according to the General Technology Note
for the development or production of
equipment, functions or features specified
by 5A001.b.3, .b.5 or .h; or for software in
5D001.a that is specified in the STA
paragraph in the License Exception section
of ECCN 5D001 to any of the destinations
listed in Country Group A:6 (See
Supplement No.1 to part 740 of the EAR).
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: (1) See also 5E101,
5E980 and 5E991. (2) Technology for
development
or
production
of
Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits
(MMIC) power amplifiers that meet the
control criteria given at 3A001.b.2 is
controlled in 3E001; 5E001.d refers only to
that additional technology required for
telecommunications.
Export Administration Regulations

b.3. Technology for the development of


digital cellular radio base station receiving
equipment whose reception capabilities that
allow multi-band, multi-channel, multi-mode,
multi-coding algorithm or multi-protocol
operation can be modified by changes in
software;
b.4. Technology for the development of
spread spectrum techniques, including
frequency hopping techniques.
Note: 5E001.b.4 does not apply to
technology for the development of any of
the following:
a. Civil cellular radio-communications
systems; or
b. Fixed or mobile satellite Earth
stations
for
commercial
civil
telecommunications.
c. Technology according the General
Technology Note for the development or
production of any of the following:

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c.1. Equipment employing digital techniques


designed to operate at a total digital transfer
rate exceeding 560 Gbit/s;
Technical Note: For telecommunication
switching equipment the total digital transfer
rate is the unidirectional speed of a single
interface, measured at the highest speed port or
line.
c.2. Equipment employing a laser and
having any of the following:
c.2.a. A transmission
exceeding 1,750 nm;

wavelength

c.2.b.
Performing
optical
amplification using Praseodymium-Doped
Fluoride Fiber Amplifiers (PDFFA);
c.2.c. Employing coherent optical
transmission or coherent optical detection
techniques;
Note: 5E001.c.2.c applies to technology
specially designed for the development or
production of systems using an optical local
oscillator in the receiving side to synchronize
with a carrier laser.
Technical Note: For the purpose of
5E001.c.2.c, these techniques include optical
heterodyne, homodyne or intradyne techniques.
c.2.d. Employing wavelength division
multiplexing techniques of optical carriers at
less than 100 GHz spacing; or
c.2.e. Employing analog techniques and
having a bandwidth exceeding 2.5 GHz;
Note:
5E001.c.2.e. does not control
technology for the development or
production of commercial TV systems.

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Category 5 - Telecommunicationspage 17

N.B.: For technology for the development


or production of non-telecommunications
equipment employing a laser, see Product
Group E of Category 6, e.g., 6E00x
c.3.
Equipment
employing
optical
switching and having a switching time less than
1 ms; or
c.4. Radio equipment having any of the
following:
c.4.a.
Quadrature-AmplitudeModulation (QAM) techniques above level 256;
or
c.4.b. Operating at input or output
frequencies exceeding 31.8 GHz; or
Note: 5E001.c.4.b. does not control
technology for the development or
production of equipment designed or
modified for operation in any frequency band
which is allocated by the ITU for radiocommunications services, but not for radiodetermination.
c.4.c. Operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5
MHz band and incorporating adaptive
techniques providing more than 15 dB
suppression of an interfering signal; or
c.5. [RESERVED]
c.6. Mobile equipment having all of the
following:
c.6.a. Operating at an optical
wavelength greater than or equal to 200nm and
less than or equal to 400nm; and
c.6.b. Operating as a local area
network;
d. Technology according to the General
Technology Note for the development or
production
of
Microwave
Monolithic

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Integrated Circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers


specially designed for telecommunications
and that are any of the following:
Technical Note: For purposes of 5E001.d,
the parameter peak saturated power output may
also be referred to on product data sheets as
output power, saturated power output, maximum
power output, peak power output, or peak
envelope power output.
d.1. Rated for operation at frequencies
exceeding 2.7 GHz up to and including 6.8 GHz
with a fractional bandwidth greater than 15%,
and having any of the following:
d.1.a. A peak saturated power output
greater than 75 W (48.75 dBm) at any frequency
exceeding 2.7 GHz up to and including 2.9 GHz;
d.1.b. A peak saturated power output
greater than 55 W (47.4 dBm) at any frequency
exceeding 2.9 GHz up to and including 3.2 GHz;

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d.3. Rated for operation with a peak


saturated power output greater than 3 W (34.77
dBm) at any frequency exceeding 16 GHz up to
and including 31.8 GHz, and with a fractional
bandwidth of greater than 10%;
d.4. Rated for operation with a peak
saturated power output greater than 0.1n W (-70
dBm) at any frequency exceeding 31.8 GHz up
to and including 37 GHz;
d.5. Rated for operation with a peak
saturated power output greater than 1 W (30
dBm) at any frequency exceeding 37 GHz up to
and including 43.5 GHz, and with a fractional
bandwidth of greater than 10%;
d.6. Rated for operation with a peak
saturated power output greater than 31.62 mW
(15 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 43.5 GHz
up to and including 75 GHz, and with a
fractional bandwidth of greater than 10%;

d.1.c. A peak saturated power output


greater than 40 W (46 dBm) at any frequency
exceeding 3.2 GHz up to and including 3.7 GHz;
or

d.7. Rated for operation with a peak


saturated power output greater than 10 mW (10
dBm) at any frequency exceeding 75 GHz up to
and including 90 GHz, and with a fractional
bandwidth of greater than 5%; or

d.1.d. A peak saturated power output


greater than 20 W (43 dBm) at any frequency
exceeding 3.7 GHz up to and including 6.8 GHz;

d.8. Rated for operation with a peak


saturated power output greater than 0.1 nW (-70
dBm) at any frequency exceeding 90 GHz;

d.2. Rated for operation at frequencies


exceeding 6.8 GHz up to and including 16 GHz
with a fractional bandwidth greater than 10%,
and having any of the following:

e. Technology according to the General


Technology Note for the development or
production of electronic devices and circuits,
specially designed for telecommunications
and containing components manufactured
from superconductive materials, specially
designed for operation at temperatures below
the critical temperature of at least one of the
superconductive constituents and having any
of the following:

d.2.a. A peak saturated power output


greater than 10W (40 dBm) at any frequency
exceeding 6.8 GHz up to and including 8.5 GHz;
or
d.2.b. A peak saturated power output
greater than 5W (37 dBm) at any frequency
exceeding 8.5 GHz up to and including 16 GHz;

Export Administration Regulations

e.1. Current switching for digital circuits


using superconductive gates with a product of
delay time per gate (in seconds) and power

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dissipation per gate (in watts) of less than 10-14 J;


or
e.2. Frequency selection at all frequencies
using resonant circuits with Q-values exceeding
10,000.
5E101
Technology according to the
General
Technology
Note
for
the
development, production or use of
equipment or software controlled by 5A101
or 5D101.

Reason for Control: MT, AT


Country Chart
(See Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

MT applies to entire entry

MT Column 1

AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
CIV:
TSR:

N/A
N/A

List of Items Controlled

License Requirements
Reason for Control: SL, AT
Controls: SL and AT apply to entire entry.
A license is required for all destinations, as
specified in 742.13 of the EAR. Accordingly, a
column specific to this control does not appear
on the Commerce Country Chart (Supplement
No. 1 to Part 738 of the EAR).

CIV: N/A
TSR: N/A
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: See also 5D001.a and .c
(for 5A001.f.1 equipment), 5D001.b
(supporting 5E001.a technology for
5A001.f.1 equipment, or for 5D001.a
software (for 5A001.f.1 equipment)), and
5E001.a (for 5A001.f.1 equipment, or for
5D001.a
software
for
5A001.f.1
equipment).
Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
The list of items controlled is contained in the
ECCN heading.

Related Controls: N/A


Related Definitions: N/A
Items:
The list of items controlled is contained in the
ECCN heading.

5E980
Technology, other than that
controlled by 5E001.a (for 5A001.,f.1 and for
5D001.a (for 5A001.f.1)), primarily useful for
the development, production, or use of
equipment, functions or features, of
Export Administration Regulations

equipment controlled by 5A980 or software


controlled by 5D980.

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)

License Requirements

Control(s)

Category 5 - Telecommunicationspage 19

5E991 Technology for the development,


production or use of equipment
controlled by 5A991 or 5B991, or software
controlled
by
5D991,
and
other
technologies as follows (see List of Items
Controlled).
License Requirements
Reason for Control: AT

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Control(s)

Country Chart
(See Supp. No.
1 to part 738).

AT applies to entire entry

AT Column 1

List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740


for a description of all license exceptions)
CIV:
TSR:

N/A
N/A

various forms of digital traffic using a


synchronous transmission format on fiber
optics. The format is the North America
version of SDH and also uses the
Synchronous Transport Module (STM).
However, it uses the Synchronous Transport
Signal (STS) as the basic transport module
with a first level rate of 51.81 Mbits/s. The
SONET standards are being integrated into
those of SDH.
Items:
a. Specific technologies as follows:

List of Items Controlled


Related Controls: N/A
Related Definitions:
1) Synchronous
digital hierarchy (SDH) is a digital
hierarchy providing a means to manage,
multiplex, and access various forms of
digital traffic using a synchronous
transmission format on different types of
media. The format is based on the
Synchronous Transport Module (STM) that
is defined by CCITT Recommendation
G.703, G.707, G.708, G.709 and others yet
to be published. The first level rate of SDH
is 155.52 Mbits/s. 2) Synchronous optical
network (SONET) is a network providing a
means to manage, multiplex and access

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a.1. Technology for the processing and


application of coatings to optical fiber specially
designed to make it suitable for underwater use;
a.2. Technology for the development of
equipment employing Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy (SDH) or Synchronous Optical
Network (SONET) techniques.

EAR99 Items subject to the EAR that are not


elsewhere specified in this CCL Category or
in any other category in the CCL are
designated by the number EAR99.

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